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Netgear Readynas NVX (Buisness)
I just bought the device for 30 euros and have managed to install the latest official firmware (4.2.31) with Root SSH and fixed the TLS issue. Now I am wondering moving onto flashing something more m...
After reading through I guess I need a usb 2 stick before I can get inte the usb boot?
If you read the article I linked to, you'll see the menu isn't involved in booting from USB, you use the backup button. That's because the menu is also in flash memory, and a USB recovery recovers it as well. I assume backup button USB boot is implemented in the BIOS.
Now, you don't need to make a USB recovery stick, you can put on your own bootable OS that uses MBR. But you do have to adhere to the size and speed requirements. Most ReadyNAS of that generation are a bit picky regarding the USB drive even beyond the stated requirements. I've found that cheap 8GB sticks you can get on Amazon and eBay tend to work rather well.
As for the display once you get an alternate OS installed, I've not seen anyone post a method for using it. But as long as you leave the flash memory intact, the menu functions will continue to be available, though "Normal Boot" won't work. Unless there is a BIOS option to make it automatic, you'll always have to use the backup button method to boot. That's where the legacy and OS6 units differ -- native OS6 units won't boot a USB other than the USB recovery one without going into the BIOS and selecting it. (Well, I think all legacy OS4.2.x systems -- as I said, I've not tried on an NVX.)
Since you are going to be loading a Linux OS, you could try doing what Netgear has done -- create a trimmed-down kernel and OS that fit in flash memory and then chain-load the main OS on disk from that. But you'll definitely want to back up the flash before you do so (or at least the vpd file, since USB recovery should restore everything else) in case you decide to go back.
Hi again just got my TTL to usb adapter and got it to work with the NVX. I can access bios and everything. I managed to get into the usb booting aswell both from the bios and by holding the backup, as the link said. But with the baud rate of 9600, which works with the bios and everything else. The usb doesnt give any input i just get stucked at the blank screen. Did you need to modify the boot drive and if so what? I have tried changing the syslinux.cfg but doesnt seem to be able to fix it. Could you please nudge me in the right direction and thanks again for all the help
I managed it was just a bad flash. I messed up some configs but they are now solved i got alpine to boot
Now after a lot of tinkering I can get the os from usb to load reliable, just as you said. Now the issue seems to be able to get the ethernet port to work. I cant seem to find the correct driver. How did you handled this issue?
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